I've tried to install windows xp pro sp2 32bit a number of times. I got the latest version of the nvidia chipset drivers for the SATA drives. I pressed f6 during the install and it seemed to function after a whole lot of tweeking to the BIOS. Finally when I got it through the install I'm seeing issues.

After the ASUS screen closes the screen goes black for about 2 minutes. After it stays black for 2 minutes the black windows load screen pop up. This screen will stay for a long time. Eventually the system will reboot itself and repeat this process over and over until a few hours later it will log into windows.

I don't doubt I've probably messed something up earlier on. Any help or clues as to what I'm doing wrong would be appreciated. I'm using the nvidia nforce SATA connectors not the silicon image. I don't want to setup a raid system. I disabled all the RAID and Silicon Image settings in the BIOS. I did enable the S.M.A.R.T. settings in the BIOS too as I read from many other posts.